Re: expose notmuch_database_new to libraries?

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+From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+To: "Wael M. Nasreddine" <wael.nasreddine@gmail.com>,\r
+ notmuch <notmuch@notmuchmail.org>\r
+Subject: Re: expose notmuch_database_new to libraries?\r
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+On Sat, 26 Sep 2015, "Wael M. Nasreddine" <wael.nasreddine@gmail.com> wrote:\r
+> I have a use case where I'd like to call 'notmuch new'\r
+> programmatically via the bindings (custom Go bindings). Is it at all\r
+> possible to expose notmuch_new_command[0] through lib/notmuch.h? The\r
+> logic of notmuch_new_command would probably have to extracted to\r
+> lib/database.cc for the exposure.\r
+\r
+Short answer, no.\r
+\r
+I'm afraid we don't have any documentation describing the split between\r
+the library and the cli, apart from the library API. IIUC the history is\r
+that it was originally all lumped together, and then the library was\r
+abstracted as a toolbox for creating email programs on top. The cli\r
+could be considered one such email program (and notmuch-emacs builds on\r
+top of the cli).\r
+\r
+I don't think the notmuch new command would be a good fit in the\r
+library. It has too much application level policy that doesn't belong in\r
+the library. That said, I could imagine coming up with another, higher\r
+level library consisting of the main building blocks of the cli, and\r
+having bindings to that. It's just that it's a non-trivial amount of\r
+work, requiring a significant programming *and* review effort.\r
+\r
+BR,\r
+Jani.\r